First rider Austin Smith had arrived at the TTR 10th Red Bull Nanshan Open 2012
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Date: 11.01.2012
Updated: 11.01.2012 01:26

By: TTR Press Office

Celebrating its tenth birthday this year, the legendary Red Bull Nanshan Open becomes a 5Star TTR event in 2012 to become the largest slopestyle event in Asia. Twenty-two international invited pros will compete with seven locally qualified riders on a specially designed slopestyle course in the Nike Nanshan Park. The two day competition held January 14th - 15th attracts widespread international media attention and national TV coverage, making a huge impact on the nation's snowboard scene. Catch some of the world's top snowboarders battle it out for US $50,000 prize money, global TTR ranking points and of course...fame and glory! This year sees the addition of live TV coverage for the event, a first for a slopestyle event on Chinese television. The event can be watched on CCTV5 during the following time periods, or through live online stream on Sina through sports.sina.com.cn/z/2011nssb/! Check the full rundown of the event below.
 
Live Tv coverage:
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
11:00-12:00 CST (1st run of Qualifier)
13:30-15:30 CST (2nd and 3rd runs of Qualifier)
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
11:00-12:30 CST (Finals)
13:30-14:30 CST (SuperFinals)
 
Jan 14, Sat - Competition Day 1
Open to 22 invited international pro riders and 7 locally qualified riders. Each rider will have three runs; the best 1 out of 3 counts, and the top 12 will progress onto Sunday's competition.
 
09:30 - 11:00 Training
11:00 - 12:00 1st run
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break and park maintenance
13:00 - 13:30 Warm up
13:30 - 15:00 2nd and 3rd runs
15:30 - 15:45 Announcement of 12 finalists
 
Jan 15, Sun - Competition Day 2
Limited to the 12 qualified riders of the previous day's event. Each rider will have two runs, the best 1 out of 2 counts. The top 4 will progress into the afternoon's super finals for three runs each, best 1 out of 3 counts.
 
09:30 - 11:00 Training
11:00 - 12:30 Finals (top 12 riders, 2 runs each, best run counts)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break and park maintenance
13:30 - 14:30 Super Finals (top 4 riders, 3 runs, best run counts)
14:30 - 14:45 [live music performance]
14:45 Prize Giving
 
Prize draw:
1st = US$ 20.000 / 850 TTR points
2nd = US$ 10.000 / 800.95 TTR points
3rd = US$ 5.000 / 765 TTR points
4th = US$ 3.000 / 737.85 TTR points
5th-12th = US$ 1.500 / TTR points
 
Speaker: Eric Zhu
Head judges: Iztok Sumatic (SLO), Ishi (JPN)
Judges: Ingemar Backman (SWE), Michi Albin (SWI), Scotty Wittlake (USA), Alan Wong (PRC)